>> IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTED.
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>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE TEAM ON
DUTY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT
NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
THESE SPECIALISTS ARE MONITORING
THE SYSTEMS AND ASSISTING THE
CREW MEMBERS AS THEY WRAP UP
ANOTHER WORKWEEK IN SPACE.
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND
FLIGHT ENGINEERS ARE MOVING
AHEAD INTO THE LAST SEVEN WEEKS
OF THEIR MISSION PERFORMING
EXPERIMENT OPERATIONS AND
STATION MAINTENANCE AS THE
ORBITING OUTPOST NEARS ITS
20th ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS
HUMAN HABITATION.
>> STATION, SPACE TO GROUND.
>> WELCOME.
THIS WEEK WAS A BIG ONE ABOARD
THE ORBITING LABORATORY AS THE
CREW PREPARE THE STATION FOR NEW
AND CONTINUED SCIENCE.
NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY SET
UP THE ADVANCED PLANT HABITAT
FACILITY FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF
GROWTH OPERATION.
THAT FACILITY PROVIDES AN
ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENT FOR PLANTS.
LOGISTICS IS A LARGE PART OF
KEEPING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
RUNNING, SUCH AS THE ADVANCED
PLANT HABITAT REQUIRE USE OF
WATER AND POWER IN ORDERER TO
OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY.
THIS WEEK, THREE OF THE LARGE
PAYLOAD RACKS WERE MOVED TO NEW
LOCATIONS THAT BETTER
ACCOMMODATED THEIR SIZE AND
RESOURCE NEEDS.
WE JUST ASSIGNED ANOTHER
ASTRONAUT TO AN UPCOMING
COMMERCIAL CREW SYSTEM.
ONE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE STAR
LINER MISSION, THE FIRST FLIGHT
OF BOEING'S STARLINER.
THEY ARE ON A SIX MONTH
EXPEDITION SCHEDULED FOR THE
LATER PART OF 2021.
PRIOR TO THAT, BOWING IS GEARING
UP FOR ITS TEST FLIGHT 2 NO
EARLIER THAN THIS DECEMBER.
QUESTION, HAVE YOU BEEN
FOLLOWING NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS
CASSIDY ON TWITTER?
YOU REALLY SHOULD.
THE ISS COMMANDER HAS BEEN BUSY
ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT
SENDING DOWN BREATHTAKING IMAGES
AND HEART FELT MESSAGES OF
VARIOUS EVENTS HAPPENING ON OUR
PLANET.
THE POWER OF HURRICANES LAURA,
THE DEVASTATION OF FIRES IN
CALIFORNIA AND THE AMAZON AND
THE EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT.
CHRIS ALSO CAPTURED EARTH'S
BEAUTY WITH AMAZING VIEWS OF OUR
PLANET.
YOU CAN FOLLOW HIS JOURNEY ON
TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASK NASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> ONE PRIORITY OF INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION SCIENCE RESEARCH
IS TO FIND OUT HOW THE HUMAN
BODY IS AFFECTED IN SPACE.
ANNE McCLAIN AND HER CREW
MATES WRAPPED UP THE AIRWAY
MONITORING EXPERIMENT.
WITH THE DATA USE IN THE DESIGN
OF FUTURE SPACESHIPS TO MAKE
THEM SAFER.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A NATIONAL ORBITING
LABORATORY.
EVERY DAY WE ARE ANSWERING BIG
QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH, SPACE,
WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE
ARE GOING.
ONE CATEGORY ARE HUMAN RESEARCH,
EXPERIMENTS ON OUR HUMAN BODY,
ONE OF THE RECENT ONES I HAVE
BEEN A PART OF IS AIRWAY
MONITORING.
THIS IS LOOKING AT AIRWAY
INFLAMMATION IN SPACE.
WHEN WE ARE BREATHING THE AIR,
THEY DON'T JUST FALL TO THE
GROUND LIKE DUST ON THE GROUND.
WE TEND TO INHALE MORE FINE
PARTICLES THAN WE WOULD ON
EARTH.
SO LOOKING AT OUR BODY'S
RESPONSE TO THAT BY MEASURING
IT.
UNDERSTANDING HOW DOES OUR BODY
REACT TO THE AIR WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE MOON, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THE
MOON DUST IS A FINE PARTICLE,
ALMOST LIKE POWDERED SUGAR.
WE ARE BREATHING THAT FOR MONTHS
ON END IF WE ARE DOING EXTENDED
STAYS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
AFFECTS THE HUMAN BODY.
>> THE ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SERVE AS THE LABORATORY
ASSISTANTS FOR RESEARCHERS ON
EARTH LOOKING INTO A WIDE RANGE
OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS,
INCLUDING SOME WE'LL HAVE TO
MASTER IN ORDERER TO RETURN
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON
BY 2024 AS PART OF THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM.
IT WILL BE CRITICAL TO
UNDERSTAND HOW TO INTERACT WITH
THE FINE PARTICLES OF DUST THAT
COVER THE MOON'S SURFACE.
WE ARE USING THE HERMES FACILITY
TO STUDY HOW THE PARTICLES MOVE
IN MICROGRAVITY OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOON, YOU
LOOK AT THIS FINE PARTICLES OF
DUST THAT COVERS THE SURFACE.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS DYNAMIC.
THE SURFACE IS GETTING BOMBARDED
ALL THE TIME, SO YOU HAVE THE
FINE LAYER OF FRAGMENTS.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO STUDY IT ON
THE SPACE STATION.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO ASTEROIDS.
SO EVERY TIME WE VISIT THEM, WE
LEARN MORE AND MORE.
THERE IS DIVERSE BODIES.
THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
INTERACT WITH THE SURFACE.
IF YOU ARE GOING ANCHOR TO THE
SURFACE OF THE ASTEROID, WE NEED
KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE MICROGRAVITY.
THERE IS A TUBE ABOUT THE SIZE
PRINGEL'S CAN.
WE ARE GETTING THE MOVEMENT OF
THESE PARTICLES.
OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WE'LL
GET THIS TIME LAPSE IMAGERY OF
THE PARTICLES MOVING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY.
SOMETHING WE HAVE ON ASTEROIDS
IS VACUUM.
WE WANT TO EXPOSE OUR
INSTRUMENTS TO THE VACUUM OF
SPACE.
WE DID CASSETTE ONE.
THE IDEA IS THEY WILL BE OPEN TO
OTHER INVESTIGATORS.
THEY WILL DO RESEARCH.
WE THINK THAT INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS A WONDERFUL
PLACE TO STUDY THAT, TO STUDY
THE LUNAR REGULUS.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
>> FOR FUTURE MISSIONS, LIKE
GOING BACK TO THE MOON BY 2024
AND THEN ON OUT INTO THE SOLAR
SYSTEM, BIOMINING COULD OFFER A
WAY FOR CREWS TO OBTAIN NEEDED
MATERIALS ON OTHER PLANETARY
BODIES.
BUT THEY INTERACT DIFFERENTLY
OUTSIDE OF EARTH'S GRAVITY.
THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THAT
IS STUDYING HOW MICROBES GROW ON
AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH
PLANETARY ROCKS IN MICROGRAVITY
AND IN SIMULATED MARTIAN
GRAVITY.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WILL SOON HOST SOME OF
THE SMALLEST MINERS IN THE
UNIVERSE, MICROBES.
MICROBES GROWING ON THE SURFACE
OF ROCKS CAN BREAK THEM DOWN AND
EXTRACT USEFUL MINERALS AND
METALS.
THIS IS A PROCESS CALLED
BIOMINING.
AS WE EXPLORE SPACE WE ARE
SEEKING TO USE BIOMINING TO TURN
ROCK INTO SOIL FOR GROWING
PLANTS AND FOOD.
BEFORE WE CAN USE THIS
TECHNIQUE, WE FIRST NEED TO TEST
IT IN SPACE.
ON THE SPACE STATION,
BIOREACTORS WILL BE PLACED
INSIDE A CENTRIFUGE WHERE
MICROBES WILL GROW IN SIMULATED
MARTIAN GRAVITY.
INVESTIGATORS WILL EXAMINE HOW
THREE TYPES OF MICROBES BEHAVE
WITHIN PIECES OF BASALT AND
EVALUATE HOW THEY EXTRACT
ELEMENTS FROM THE ROCKS.
THE FINDINGS WILL BE COMPARED TO
GROUND BASED RESULTS.
WE HOPE TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO
HOW MICROBES INTERACT WITH ROCKS
IN MICROGRAVITY AND HOW WE MIGHT
USE THEM IN OUR EXPLORATION OF
DEEP SPACE.
>> ALL OF THE EXPERIMENTS THAT
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS WORK ON ARE THE BRAIN
CHILDREN OF SCIENTISTS ON THE
GROUND, MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAME
UP WITH A HYPOTHESIS TO TEST AND
DESIGNED AN EXPERIMENT TO DO IT.
IN THIS EPISODE OF THE NEW
SEASON OF NASA EXPLORERS, WE
WATCH AS THE SCIENTISTS WORK
THROUGH THE LAST STAGES OF
GETTING THEIR EXPERIMENTS LOADED
ON SpaceX.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
KIND OF DATA WE GET, IT'S GOING
TO BE BRAND NEW INFORMATION FOR
US.
AND FOR --
[LAUGHTER]
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>> THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO.
AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET AND DRAGON SPACECRAFT
PACKED WITH SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, HUMANITY'S HOME IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
>> WE WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
TO BE ON SpaceX 14.
A WEEK BEFORE LAUNCH OUR PROJECT
GOT CANCELED BECAUSE OF ISSUES
WITH THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
>> SCIENCE AND SPACE CAN BE
COMPLEX.
NO MATTER HOW THINGS ARE PLANNED
AND EXECUTED, SOMETIMES THEY GET
IN THE WAY OF LAUNCHING ON TIME.
WHEN EQUIPMENT USED TO HOUSE THE
EXPERIMENT DIDN'T LOOK PERFECT
FOR A PREFLIGHT TEST, THERE WAS
NO CHOICE TO PUSH IT TO A LATER
FLIGHT TO ENSURE MISSION
SUCCESS.
>> IT WASN'T DEVASTATING.
IT WAS JUST SAD THAT WE WEREN'T
ABLE TO LAUNCH.
IT HAD TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO GET
THERE.
IT GIVES US SIX MORE TIMES TO
RE-EVALUATE THAT CONTROL SYSTEM
AND DO MORE GROUND WORK TO
PREPARE FOR THE LAUNCH IN
DECEMBER OF 2018 ON SpaceX 16.
>> AFTER THE SETBACK, OUR TEAM
OF SCIENTISTS NOW HAS ONLY DAYS
LEFT BEFORE THEIR EXPERIMENT
WILL BE LOADED INTO A SpaceX
DRAGON CAPSULE THAT WILL CARRY
IT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE FOUNDERS ARE AT NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER READYING
THEIR RESEARCH FOR MICROGRAVITY.
>> THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT AND
OUR FIRST TIME WORKING AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE THE
VISITOR CENTER AND LOOK AT THE
TWO OR THREE THINGS, WE GET TO
GET PASSED THE SECURITY GATE AND
INTO THE ACTUAL LABORATORIES.
>> WHILE SOME EXPERIMENTS ARE
LOADED INTO DRAGON WEEKS BEFORE
LAUNCH, OTHERS ARE MORE TIME
SENSITIVE.
FOR THOSE SCIENTISTS
LABORATORIES AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER BECOME A HOME AWAY
FROM HOME.
HERE THEY CAN CARRY OUT THE
CRITICAL LAST STEPS OF PREPARING
THEIR EXPERIMENTS FOR DELIVERY
TO THE SPACE STATION.
>> WE GOT HERE ON A THURSDAY AND
IT'S CURRENTLY SUNDAY.
BIG DAY YESTERDAY FILLING THESE
UP WITH GEL SOLUTION AND GETTING
READY FOR HANDOVER AT 7:30 A.M.
ON MONDAY.
AND LAUNCH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
>> ONCE YOU ARRIVE HERE, YOU GET
INTO THIS OTHER TIME, IT'S WEIRD
LIKE LITTLE TIME BUBBLE.
EVERYTHING IS L-BASED, LAUNCH.
IT'S BUILDING UP TO THE ACTUAL
LAUNCH TIME.
>> BUT THOSE PRECIOUS REMAINING
HOURS, THEY ARE PREPPING THE
MICROPLATES.
THEY ARE USED ON EARTH, BUT
THESE ARE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO
BE SELF-CONTAINED.
>> THE CHALLENGE ON ORBIT IS
THAT GENERALLY FLUID EXPERIMENTS
HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE
GLOVE BOX.
IT'S TIME LIMITED.
WE HAVE DESIGNED THIS TO KEEP
THE FLUIDS INSIDE.
>> WE HAVE THESE CARRYING
CLOTHS.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE
MICROGRAVITY AND HOW THE RELEASE
IS AFFECTED WHEN WE SEND IT TO
THE SPACE STATION.
THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS THAT
WE HAVE BUBBLES THAT ARE IN THE
WELLS, HE IT MAY BE DIFFICULT
FOR THE PLATE READER TO READ THE
AMOUNTS CORRECTLY.
SO WE ARE BEING CAREFUL WITH HOW
WE ARE LOADING THE WATERS.
>> ONCE THEY FINISH FILLING THE
MICROPLATES, I WILL TAKE OVER
AND SEAL THEM UP.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL ADD THE
LABELS ON TO THE MICROPLATES AND
PUT THEM IN A SELF-CONTAINED BOX
THAT WILL TRAVEL TO THE SPACE
STATION ON.
>> THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING
JUST TO GET HERE.
>> ONCE WE DO THAT, WE TURN IT
OVER TO COLD SEAL.
THE NEXT TIME WE'LL SEE THEM,
THEY WILL BE ON ORBIT.
>> IT'S THE TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAKING SURE THAT THE RESEARCH
STAYS AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE
ON ITS JOURNEY FROM THE LAB ON
EARTH TO THE LAB IN SPACE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST STEPS
BEFORE BEING LOADED ON TO THE
ROCKET.
THEY WILL TAKE THE EXPERIMENT
AND KEEP IT SAFE AND SOUND
BEFORE IT'S LOADED FOR LAUNCH.
>> FEEL LIKE A RELIEF?
>> IT WILL FEEL LIKE A RELIEF
WHEN WE ACTUALLY SEE IT TAKE
OFF.
THEN IT WILL BE FINALLY THERE.
IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS AT THIS
POINT.
IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OUT OF OUR
HANDS WHEN IT LEAVES THE EARTH'S
SURFACE.
THAT WILL BE THE MOMENT WE ARE
FINALLY DONE.
UNTIL WE GET DATA, THEN WE GET
TO PROCESS IT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW IS
NOW THAT WE HAVE HANDED THEM
OVER TO NASA, THEY ARE ON THEIR
WAY OUT TO DRAGON TO BE LOADED.
THE LAUNCH WILL HOPEFULLY HAPPEN
TOMORROW.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THE
BEGINNING, APPROXIMATELY THREE
YEARS AGO.
IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD.
BUT LIKE EVERYTHING, IT'S A LOT
OF WORK.
IT'S WORTH T WE ARE EXCITED TO
HELP GET DATA FOR THE PROJECT.
>> OVERALL, WE ARE GOING TO GET
A LOT OF DATA FROM THIS ONE
PROJECT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> A LITTLE WINDY OUT HERE
TODAY.
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
A LITTLE WINDY, MY LAUNCH
INTUITION, IT'S ALWAYS A SPECIAL
THING TO SEE.
>> FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW
DURING AN EXPEDITION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS SPEND
SOME OF THEIR TIME WORKING ON
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, SOME TAKING
CARE OF THEIR HOME ON ORBIT,
MAYBE GETTING TO MAKE A
SPACEWALK.
BUT THEY ALL DEVOTE SOME OF
THEIR TIME WITH SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCE WITH US.
CHRIS CASSIDY DID JUST THAT WITH
A GROUP OF CANADIAN STUDENTS.
HE CONTACTED EACH ONE OF THEM
INDIVIDUALLY AT THEIR HOMES.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE DID IT.
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>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
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>> DO YOU COPY, CHRIS?
>> COPY YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> I'M.
I'M GOING TO PATCH THEM THROUGH.
>> THIS IS OWEN.
HOW IS SEEING EARTH FROM ORBIT
AFFECTED YOU FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMANITY.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
PEACEFUL PLACE WITH NO BORDERS.
YOU JUST SEE THESE WONDERFUL
COLORS, BLUES, GREENS, CLOUD,
SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS.
IT GIVES YOU AN APPRECIATION
FROM OUR SPACESHIP.
JUST LIKE OUR SPACESHIP IS
KEEPING US ALIVE AND WE NEED TO
TAKE CARE OF EARTH AS IT TAKES
CARE OF US.
>> HOW DO YOU CLEAN UP THE SPACE
STATION?
>> FORTUNATELY, WE ARE PREPARED
FOR VOMITING IN SPACE.
WE BRING SPECIAL BAGS THAT IF WE
ARE FEELING THE URGE TO GO, WE
USE THESE BAGS.
OCCASIONALLY, ON THE LAUNCH, IT
CAN SURPRISE YOU.
BUT WE HAVE BAGS IN THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE AS WELL.
IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT IN THE
BAG, IT WOULD BE A REAL MESS AND
IT WOULD GO EVERYWHERE AND TAKE
QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO CLEAN UP.
OVER.
>> HOW HAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
AFFECTED YOU WHILE YOU ARE IN
SPACE?
OVER.
>> THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED US
BECAUSE IT AFFECTED OUR
FAMILIES.
HERE IT'S THE SAME, WE ARE SAFE
AND EXECUTING OUR JOB AND
KEEPING THE SPACE STATION
RUNNING AND FUNCTIONING AND
KEEPING OURSELVES HEALTHY WITH
OUR DAILY ROUTINE.
WE ARE CONCERNED FOR OUR FRIEND,
FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.
THEY ARE IN RUSSIA AND IN THE
UNITED STATES HAVING TO DEAL
WITH IT JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
OVER.
>> WHAT WILL BE YOUR FIRST MEAL
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO EARTH.
OVER.
>> HI, I LIKE TO EAT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY
FOOD THAT SOMEBODY MAKES.
BUT ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE IS
AN OVEN.
SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE
OVEN AND YOU SMELL THOSE SMELLS
AND YOU HEAT A NICE HOT MEAL,
THAT SOUND TERRIFIC TO ME.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE ON THE
ROCKET LIFTOFF?
OVER.
>> WHEN THE ROCKET LIFTS OFF,
IT'S THIS TREMENDOUS FEELING
LIKE SOMEBODY IS PUSHING YOU IN
YOUR BACK AND SHOVING YOU FASTER
AND FASTER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER
INTO THE SKY.
THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE
THE ENGINES CHANGE CALLED
STAGING.
THERE IS BUMPINESS AND SHAKING
DURING THOSE PERIODS.
BUT THE REST OF THE EIGHT
MINUTES, NINE MINUTES, IS JUST
LIKE A GIANT FORCE IS THROWING
YOU INTO THE SKY.
OVER.
>> WHAT DOES THE SPACE STATION
SMELL LIKE?
>> THE SPACE STATION HAS NOT TOO
DIFFERENT SMELLS THAN YOU HAVE
IN A HOME DOWN THERE.
WE TRY TO KEEP OURSELVES CLEAN,
WE TRY TO KEEP THE SPACE STATION
CLEAN.
TOMORROW IS SATURDAY, THAT'S OUR
CLEANING DAY.
WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT NEAT
AND TIDY.
OCCASIONALLY THERE IS SMELLS
WHERE WE HAVE TO CHANGE FLUID, A
LOT OF TIMES THAT HAS TO DO WITH
OUR BODILY FUNCTIONS AND TOILET.
THEY CAN BE SMELLY THERE.
BUT THE SPACE STATION TO ME
SMELLS LIKE A NORMAL HOME.
>> WAS TRAINING TO BE AN
ASTRONAUT HARDER THAN TRAINING
TO BE A NAVY SEAL?
>> THE TRAINING TO BE A NAVY
SEAL WAS HARD FOR SIX MONTHS.
TRAINING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT IS A
LONG PROCESS.
IT TAKES MANY YEARS OF HARD
WORK.
AND IT'S MORE ACADEMIC, MORE
HAVING TO DO WITH YOUR BRAIN.
IN SEAL TRAINING WE HAD SOME
ACADEMICS, BUT LARGELY IT WAS A
PHYSICAL THING.
SO TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS.
OVER.
>> THIS IS OWEN.
WHAT EXPERIMENTS HAVE YOU DONE
WITH UNEXPECTED RESULTS?
>> THAT'S A DETAILED QUESTION.
WE HAVE LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS
GOING ON UP HERE.
BUT ONE, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED,
WE WERE GROWING SOME PLANTS.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD GROW
MORE THAN THEY DID.
OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS
THEY WERE JUST A SMALL SPROUT
WHICH SURPRISED ME.
I HAD NEVER SEEN GROWTH IN SPACE
BEFORE ON THE PREVIOUS MISSION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING
THAT GET AND GETTING BETTER
RESULTS.
>> HOW SUCCESSFUL IS YOUR 3D
PRINTER ON THE SPACE STATION?
>> THE 3D PRINTER HAS BEEN HERE
SINCE I THINK 2015.
A FEW YEARS.
WE PRINTED MANY PARTS.
WE DON'T HAVE IT DEPLOYED AND
ACTIVE ALL THE TIME.
WHEN WE NEED TO, WE CAN PRINT
WHAT WE NEED IF IT MEETS THE
CRITERIA.
IT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF HAVING
SPARE PARTS IN SPACE.
OVER.
>> THIS IS LUCAS.
HAVE YOU EVER BUILT MODEL
ROCKETS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?
OVER.
>> I WISH I DID, BUT I NEVER HAD
A MENTOR IN MY AREA THAT WAS
INVOLVED WITH MODEL ROCKETS.
I NEVER REALLY LAUNCHED A MODEL
ROCKET AS A YOUNG PERSON.
BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU
GUYS DO.
OVER.
>> WHAT DOES MICROGRAVITY FEEL
LIKE ON YOUR BODY?
OVER.
>> MICROGRAVITY IS MORE A FEEL
OF HOW TO MOVE AROUND.
YOUR BODY, IN MY OPINION, FEELS
THE SAME.
EVERYTHING YOU DO, EATING, GOING
TO THE BATHROOM, SLEEPING, YOUR
HAIR GROWING IS VERY NORMAL.
BUT MOVING AROUND IN
MICROGRAVITY IS NOT NORMAL.
IT TAKES PRACTICE TO GET USED TO
HOW TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY.
OVER.
>> THIS IS ERIC.
DOES THE EARTH LOOK ANY CLEARER
OR LESS POLLUTED COMPARED TO
WHEN YOU FLEW IN 2009 OR 2013?
OVER.
>> I FLEW WITH ANOTHER CANADIAN
IN 2009.
THIS IS MY FIRST MISSION IN
SPACE WITHOUT A CANADIAN CREW
MATE.
BUT THE EARTH DOES NOT LOOK ANY
DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS
TIME.
MY CREW MATES AND FRIEND HAS
BEEN IN SPACE SEVERAL TIMES.
WE BOTH TRIED TO SEE ANY
DIFFERENCES.
WE CAN'T REALLY TELL WITH OUR
EYES.
OVER.
>> THIS IS SAWER.
DO YOU PLAY ANY GAMES HE WHEN
YOU ARE ON THE ISS?
OVER.
>> WE ARE BUSY PEOPLE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO
DURING THE DAY.
BY THE TIME NIGHTTIME COMES
AROUND, WE JUST HAVE THE ENERGY
TO EAT AND CLEAN UP FROM OUR DAY
AND PREPARE FOR THE NEXT DAY.
MAYBE MAKE A PHONE CALL OR
SOMETHING OR ANSWER AN E-MAIL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO
PLAY ANY GAMES.
PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING TO A
GAME IS SEEING HOW STRAIGHT YOU
CAN FLY WITHOUT CRASHING INTO A
WALL AND HOW FAR YOU CAN GO LIKE
THIS.
OVER.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, FOR ALL THE
FOLKS ON THE PHONE, LET'S GO
AHEAD AND GIVE COMMANDER CHRIS
CASSIDY AND THE CREW A BIG ROUND
OF APPLAUSE ANYWAY.
[APPLAUSE]
SENDING MY GREETINGS ALONG TO
ALL OF YOU IN TRADITIONAL
AMATEUR RADIO TERMS.
SEVEN 3s.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THIS ACTIVITY.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
THIS IS JUST EXCELLENT.
>> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT
ANY OF THE STORIES WE FEATURE
TODAY, JUST POINT YOUR INTERNET
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Facebook.
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WHEN YOU DO, TAKE A PEEK AROUND
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WHEN YOU ARE INTERESTED ABOUT
GOOD CONVERSATION, THE PLACE TO
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PODCAST.
WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT ALL
ASPECTS OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR MARS
MONTHLY SERIES WITH A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT AND HOW
TO PACK A SPACECRAFT FOR A TRIPE
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GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST.
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OF ALL THE PODCASTS THERE.
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PODCASTS, GOOGLE PODCASTS AND
SOUND CLOUD, TOO.
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